I work at an ACE Hardware store and one of our regular customers came in one day looking for a new handle for his "hatchet" that he used for chopping kindling when he went camping. We didn't have a suitable handle for one so instead he bought a new one. Instead of throwing the old hatchet away, he gave it to me. Actually this hatchet is a Keen Kutter Hewing Hatchet that I essentially did the same thing you did. It now has a new home on the wall of my shop.
Very nice. I will have to try the black tea. I just finished a mid 1800s C Hammonds hand axe for a good friend. I have two Hewing hatchets i need to do.
Do you have a video (and/or plans) for that little 1x30 bench grinder attachment you made to keep the correct bevel @ 10:56? I've got one of those little HF 1x30s and that would be super useful.
